TSA announces changes to child screenings

The Transportation Security Administration is making a major change in who they screen at airport security checkpoints and how they are checked.

It all involves children under the age of 12, and it could start as early as this week.

Privacy advocates and some parents have long complained about airport security procedures for children.

They say kids aren't an apparent or imminent security risk.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that new procedures are in the works.

"We have been piloting also programs to deal with children under the age of 12 with respect to not only taking off their shoes but also pat-down procedures and we hope over the coming weeks and months we'll be able to begin rolling that out," Napolitano said.

Parents say going through security with their kids is painstaking, not only for them, but other travelers.

The TSA says the changes will roll out in select airports this week and implemented by the end of the month.

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